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" A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. "
Report of the Secretary for Public Instruction ... - Page 101
by Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1908
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man ,...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. xn. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. XII. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own be has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man ,...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...world in skilful bands ; Lu unskil(pljTOcrst mischievous. D 2 ,A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that lie is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man,...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 pages
...be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...world in skilful hands j in unskilful, the most mischievous. 7. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 8. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor Kian,...
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Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by ...

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Our passions are like convulsive fits, which, though they...
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...gold, will be every day at a loss for want of readier change. 2. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong; which is but saying, in other words, that he is loiser to-day than he was yesterday. 3. To be angry is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves....
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The Literary Panorama and National Register, Volume 7

English literature - 1818 - 582 pages
...gold, will be every day at a loes for want •f readier change. 2. A man should never be ashamed to ami he has been in the wrong : which is but saying, in other words, that he a wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 3. To be angry is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves....
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